So on one side democrat say they are a party for the people, and the Republicans push themselves for the honest hard working person. But something to remember when voting that both sides haven't

• changed the federal min wage since 2009. Note this was the start of Obamas term and right at the start of an economic collapse. But since, it hasn't really be touched no matter who was in office, what parties were in house or senate.
• at no point has anyone on ANY side in power mention linking federal min wage to inflation. Basically making it where when inflation increases, automatic the minimum wage increases.
• the ssi asset cap hasn't updated since it was released in the 80s. Something to note is there was a push for increasing it by $10k and tying it to inflation. But it was never allowed to come to vote and it has to be reintroduced next year.

Basically, actions speak a lot more than words. If you vote, don't blindly vote for a team. Look to see if any of the 3rd parties might be worth it.

(btw this is a known issue. There is a 4 year old video of a woman in front of the government explaining what is means to be poor and how the system is so poorly done that in some cases making $1 more for some can kick them off of programs they need. But yet congress and senate, they make a ton and their office expenses is $40k. And this increases with inflation.

Since that, nothing has changed.)